You and I are called to be “image-bearers” of Christ!
Jesus is the exact Image of FATHER, and we are to bear the image and likeness of Christ in our individual walks.
Moses recorded by The Holy Spirit in Genesis chapter 1:
26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in His own Image; in the Image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
GOD blessed them and gave them responsibility. As we mature, we will receive greater responsibility: life-giving service. In the world, increased responsibility is taxing and exhausting.
We are replenished in strength when embracing our assignments and giving ourselves fully to it for the glory of GOD. Subduing infers resistance by an adversary.
In chapter 2:
18 And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
The word helper means the woman fully equipped to stand face to face with the man and make up in him what is lacking. She is not subservient to him but is of equal significance and sufficiency. It takes both male and female to reveal Who GOD is.
Two are better than one only if they are united. Two are less than one if they are divided.
It is in the uniqueness of diversity that HE is revealed. There is diversity in unity whereas religion wants everyone to be just alike in all areas. We are to be unique in our individual identities. That is the essence of borders, a separation of uniqueness. There is beauty in uniqueness, and we naturally embrace such beauty. As we honor the other person’s uniqueness, we can come into unity with that person.
When a person is born again, Jesus didn’t take a broken person and mend him, He took the broken person and recreated him. We are not sinners with the Blood of Jesus as a band-aid, we are recreated in the Image of GOD again.
Jesus is the only One Who is the exact Image of THE FATHER. He was not recreated.
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 1:
2 GOD has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through Whom also He made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of His glory and the express Image of His Person, and upholding all things by the Word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the Right Hand of the Majesty on high,
When we live in the Lordship of Jesus, we then reflect His Image to the nations. Otherwise, we reflect a distorted version of Him. Religion (routine without relationship) works hard to destroy hope and identity of the individual. Religion wants us to comply with manmade customs and actions rather than being fully led by The Holy Spirit in all areas.
Jesus has created us as image-bearers who can actually represent Him in the earth. When we fully understand and embrace this Truth, our fruit will reflect this reality. Do we want to walk in our own opinion, or do we want to walk in the Mind of Christ?
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 8:
29 For He knew all about us before we were born and he destined us from the beginning to share the likeness (or image) of his Son. This means the Son is the oldest among a vast family of brothers and sisters who will become just like Him.
Let us accept this Truth in our daily lives.